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...ent in the indigenous peoples and that of new arrivals. Some viruses, like smallpox, have only human hosts and appeared to have never occurred on the North Ame ...o such new infections, and suffered overwhelming mortality when exposed to smallpox, measles, malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases.

...'' virus, the cause of the first major disease eradicated from the wild, [[smallpox]]. ...cepalopathy]] ("mad cow disease"), poxviruses including [[variola virus]] (smallpox), and basic research in infectious disease pathology.

*''[[Variola virus|Variola major]]'', which causes [[smallpox]]

*''[[Variola virus|Variola major]] virus (smallpox)

...ian Ibn Razi (Rhazes) 860-932, who published a book entitled ''The Book of Smallpox and Measles'' (in Arabic: ''Kitab fi al-jadari wa-al-hasbah''). In 1954, me

...soon deteriorated. One cause was the spread of contagious diseases such as smallpox from the Europeans, which, as early as 1789 (only a year after the colony w

...authorized to have a culture of the ''[[Variola virus]]'', which causes [[smallpox]]. While those laboratories may not need the protection against eavesdroppi

..."essential substance" needed by vaccinia to survive. He plated some of the smallpox vaccines on [[nutrient agar]] slants and obtained large bacterial colonies

..."essential substance" needed by vaccinia to survive. He plated some of the smallpox vaccines on [[nutrient agar]] slants and obtained large bacterial colonies

...[[diarrhea]], [[hepatitis]], [[yellow fever]], [[poliomyelitis|polio]], [[smallpox]] and [[AIDS]]. Some viruses, known as [[oncovirus]]es, contribute to certa ...ward Jenner]] used [[cowpox]] to successfully immunize a young boy against smallpox, and this practice was widely adopted. Vaccinations against other viral dis

...e">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/smallpox_01.shtml Smallpox: Eradicating the Scourge]. ''BBC - History.''</ref> ...[http://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/variables/smallpox.html The Story Of... Smallpox – and other Deadly Eurasian Germs]</ref> Over the centuries, the European

...biotic]] drugs, further [[vaccines]] after the empirically derived one for smallpox, [[infection control]] in hospitals, and [[public]] [[sanitation]]. The ge

...or an indefinite time. There have been reports that the Soviets weaponized smallpox, which is contagious disease|contagious or capable of spread between people

...lkmaid who had previously caught [[cowpox]] was then found to be immune to smallpox, a similar virus. ...also cause some of the most dangerous diseases ever known to man, such as smallpox and AIDS.

La Condamine had contracted smallpox in his youth. This led him to take part in the debate on vaccination aga

* Marble, Allan Everett. ''Surgeons, Smallpox, and the Poor: A History of Medicine and Social Conditions in Nova Scotia,

...iphtheria, tetanus, German measles, and polio have been highly effective. (Smallpox is gone and polio will disappear very soon—once all the germs are dead th ...f the Western Hemisphere were especially vulnerable to the new diseases of smallpox and measles. The Indians had not built up immunity over the centuries, and

...He formed the [[Society for Inoculating the Poor]] which provided free [[smallpox]] [[vaccine|vaccinations]]. He also had a profitable apprenticeship progra

| ''[[Variola major]]'' virus ([[Smallpox]])

...who tries to make a living as a crossing sweeper. He dies from a disease (smallpox?) which Esther also catches (and is nearly killed by).